Case Blue
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Was a German offensive whose goal was to capture the oild fields of Baku in the Caucasus.
Chronology
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July 1942: Japanese gains during the New Guinea Campaign.
July 1942: Battle of Voronezh.
August 1942: Stavropol conquered by germany.
August 1942: Maikop falls to German Army Group A.
August 1942: The western oil fields near Maikop were seized by German forces in a commando operation from 8-9 August.
August 1942: Elista, in the Kalmyk district south of Stalingrad, was taken by German forces on 13 August.
August 1942: German Army Group B presses in steadily on Stalingrad, spearhead reaching the Volga.
August 1942: From August-September, the Taman Peninsula and a part of the Novorossiysk naval base were captured by the Germans.
November 1942: Alagir was seized and the Alagir-Beslan-Malgobek line reached became the farthest German advance in the south.
November 1942: German gains during Case Blue.
September 1942: The Axis enjoyed greater success and on 1 September, the Germans took Khulkhuta, halfway between Elista and Astrakhan.
August 1942: In the south, the German advance was stopped north of Grozny, after taking Mozdok.
August 1942: German Army Group A reaches Pyatigorsk.
July 1942: Salsk was captured by German forces on 31 July.
August 1942: German gains during Case Blue.
July 1942: German gains during Case Blue.
Selected Sources
Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.49
Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.51
Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, pp.49-50
